Ms R Leher v Aspers (Stratford City) Limited and 3 others — 2021

The claimant, Ms R Leher, was a long-serving cashier at Aspers (Stratford City) Limited. The case concerned direct race and age discrimination, victimisation, harassment, constructive unfair dismissal, and holiday pay. The tribunal heard evidence about promotion applications, training opportunities, lateness-related management, grievance handling, and events after the claimant raised discrimination complaints.

The tribunal unanimously found that the failure to provide refresher gaming-table training requested on 19 May 2017 was direct race and age discrimination. It accepted that Mr B Smith, a white younger comparator, had been offered similar refresher training in his own time, and rejected the respondent's explanation that the claimant had sought paid training. The tribunal extended time for that complaint on a just and equitable basis, taking account of the later internal grievance process and the claimant's sickness absence, although it noted that the period from October 2017 to May 2018 was unexplained.